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| 008 | 090109s2009 nju b 001 0 eng | ||
| 020 | _a9781412808781 (acidfree paper) | ||
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_a303.409 _222 _bNIS |
| 100 | 1 | _aNisbet, Robert A. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | _aSocial change and history |
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_aMetaphor and history : _bthe Western idea of social development / _cRobert A. Nisbet ; with a new introduction by Irving Louis Horowitz. |
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_aNew Brunswick, NJ : _bTransaction Publishers, _cc2009. |
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_axviii, 335 p. ; _c22 cm. |
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| 500 | _aOriginally published under title: Social change and history. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-328) and index. | ||
| 505 | _tCover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Introduction to the Transaction Edition Preface Introduction 1. History and Metaphor 2. The Metaphor of Growth Part I. Civilization as Growth in Time: The Biography of a Metaphor One The Greeks 1. Being as Becoming 2. Cycles of Genesis and Decay 3. Progress and Degeneration (1) Two The Christians 1. The Augustinian Metaphor 2. The Repudiation of Cycles 3. Historical Necessity 4. The Two Cities: Conflict and Resolution 5. Progress and Degeneration (2) Three The Moderns 1. The Metaphor as Progress 2. The Expansion of Metaphor 3. Progress and Degeneration (3) Part II. The Theory of Social Development Four The Theory of Natural History 1. Nature versus Convention 2. Natural versus Conventional History Five The Theory of Social Evolution 1. Sources and Contexts 2. The Elements of Social Evolution Six The Comparative Method 1. Ethnocentric Foundations 2. Historical Roots 3. The Three Series Part III. Persistence and Change Seven The Persistence of Metaphor 1. Cycle, Epic, and Progress 2. Neo-Evolutionism Eight Reflections on a Metaphor 1. The Uses of Metaphor 2. The Abuses of Metaphor 3. The Irrelevance of Metaphor Notes and References Index | ||
| 520 | _aThe primary purpose of Metaphor and History is to explain the sources and contexts of the Western idea of social development. Nisbet explores the concept of social change across the whole range of Western culture, from ancient Greece to the present day. He does not see the idea of social development as a nineteenth-century phenomenon or a by-product of the idea of biological evolution. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aSocial change. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aHistorical sociology. | |
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